Monday, March 24, 2014

Mailbox Monday

Thanks for joining me for Mailbox Monday! MM was created by Marcia, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring event. Mailbox Monday has now returned to its permanent home where you can link to your MM post.

Last week was a banner book week for me. Four books came into my house. They are as different as can be but all look great!

Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones. I love her books! This one is a romantic adventure set in 1930s Shanghai. The hero is a black American jazz musician; the heroine is a young Chinese woman bonded into servitude to pay her father's gambling debts. Their lives collide when the Japanese invade Shanghai.

The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba by Julia Cooke. Cooke is a journalist who spent five years "embedded" in Cuba after Fidel Castro stepped down as President. By focusing on the lives of young adults -- the "last generation of Cubans raised under Fidel Castro" -- Cooke offers a fresh and timely look at real life in Cuba.

Small Town Trouble by Jean Erhardt. This is the first in a new mystery series featuring Kim Claypoole, a restaurateur and amateur sleuth with her home base in the Smokey Mountains.

Some great titles and an eclectic mix of genres, all authors are new to me.

There is a fairly even spread of fans across the spectrum here, so just to keep things even, I shall be adding 'Small Town Trouble' to my own list. Even the synopsis sounds complicated, the cover art is great and after checking out the authors site, what's not to like .... Jean sounds like a real 'live wire' and I can't wait to meet her character, Kim Claypoole, I wonder if she is, in some part, a reflection of her creator?

I hope that you enjoy all your books and that you have had a good week,